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Primer grupo de preguntas sobre Covid de La Liga de los Súper Amigos de la Ciencia
Bienvenidos a nuestra primera publicación del grupo de preguntas de la liga de Súper Amigos de la Ciencia en donde nuestro equipo estará contestando preguntas del público general sobre temas relacionados la Covid. Si tienes alguna pregunta para nuestro equipo, envíanos un correo electrónico a sciencesuperfriends@gmail.com
Todas las preguntas sometidas se publicarán de forma anónima. Nuestras respuestas solamente pretenden proveer información sobre los avances científicos más recientes relacionados al Covid y no sustituyen las recomendaciones de los profesionales de la salud.
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League of Science Superfriends Covid Mailbag #1
Welcome to our first installment of our “League of Science Superfriends Covid Mailbag” as our team answers questions about Covid-related topics from the general public. Have a burning question for our team to answer-send us an email at sciencesuperfriends@gmail.com
All submissions are anonymized upon posting to our webpage. As a disclaimer, our mailbag is meant to provide guidance on the latest scientific developments and not to supersede the recommendations of your medical professional.
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COVID Talking Points for Teens
For friends and family who need assistance helping younger people understand the importance of vaccination.
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A Very COVID Christmas
COVID made a rude and unexpected appearance at our Christmas celebration this year, most likely due to the immune evasive omicron variant.
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Current thinking on the Vaccinated Immune Response to Omicron
An Omicron update: I have spent the week preparing our manuscript on COVID-19 infection vs vaccination, and keeping up with Omicron literature. Some thoughts to inform and hopefully reassure you.
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The History Of Vaccine Mandates In The US
As employers and the President are pushing vaccine mandates because too many have refused them, voices are crying out for their perceived rights saying “my body my choice.” They do not like their bosses or the government telling them to get vaccinated. This is a clash between individual rights and public health measures designed to save lives and to protect the larger community. Who gets to make the key decisions? How far can the government and employers go? Do individual rights trump community safety?
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The Differences Between The Moderna And Pfizer mRNA Vaccines
Since the vaccines rolled out, people, including me, have talked about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as simply being interchangeable versions of mRNA vaccine technology platforms. They both use part of the CoV-2 viral mRNA sequence to temporarily express parts of the viral spike protein on muscle cells in order to stimulate a protective immune response against the live virus. Since mRNA is very unstable and would quickly degrade if it were injected by itself, both vaccines encapsulate it in lipid nanoparticles, or liposomes, which both protects the mRNA and helps it fuse to cell membranes and insert the genetic material into the cells where it is translated into the protein. So, the Pfizer and Moderna technologies are very similar. But they are not identical. At first blush, the differences appear subtle, but we are learning that they seem to manifest themselves in different, not-so-subtle biological ways. Let’s take...
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League of Science Superfriends Q+A on Mixing and Matching Covid-19 Vaccines
Is mixing and matching different Covid-19 vaccines safe and effective against Covid-19?
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League of Science Superfriends P&R sobre combinaciones heterólogas de vacunas contra COVID-19
¿Es seguro y efectivo combinar vacunas contra COVID-19?
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League of Science Superfriends Q+A #1 on comparing Regeneron COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail vs Covid-19 Vaccines
With the Regeneron Covid-19 Antibody Cocktail in the news due to the response of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to surging Covid-19 levels in Florida, our League of Science Superfriends team has been fielding questions about the effectiveness of this approach versus Covid-19 vaccines. Dr. Jillian Whidby outlines how the most effective approach to preventing Covid-19 related hospitalizations and illness is through vaccination in comparison to the Regeneron treatment.
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Check out these recent episodes of The Darya Rose Show
The Ultimate COVID vaccine Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Grier
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Have Covid-19 Vaccine Questions-Write to us here!
Have a question around Covid-19 vaccines? Variants? The Immune Response to Covid? Feel free to email our team at sciencesuperfriends@gmail.com and our team of Scientists will be sure to follow up with a response!
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What Should I Know About COVID-19 Vaccine and Myocarditis in Teens
Check out this short video from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as Dr. Paul Offit discusses myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, related to receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, and considerations related to the relative risks and benefits of vaccination compared with vulnerability to COVID-19.
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Webinar #2: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Covid-19 Vaccines and Variants
League of Science Superfriends presents “All you ever wanted to know about Covid-19 vaccines and variants” with Drs. Julie Crudele and Peter Morawski
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League of Science Superfriends Presents: Questions about the Covid-19 vaccine (en espanol!)
Discussion with Dr. Lety Cervantes and Dr. Betina Pampena with Fernando Torres and Casa De Venezuela around Covid-19 vaccines and global implications
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What is Herd Immunity
Check out this short video from our Rapid Response team, as Immunologist Dr. Sigrid Gouma shares the latest on how herd immunity works and implications for Covid-19.
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Save the Date: All you ever wanted to know about Covid-19 Vaccines and Variants!
Save the date for our next Webinar!
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Webinar#1: Covid 19 and Pregnancy
First League of Science Superfriends Webinar featuring Dr. Thea Golden, Dr. Sigrid Gouma and Dr. Lety Kuri Cervantes on the topic of Covid-19 and Pregnancy. These 3 scientists discuss the Covid-19 Immunobiology, Vaccines and the latest clinical data around Covid-19 and pregnancy.